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Yikes!!!......not ME, the #$%^&* cat!! ROFLMHO!!
Jonno wrote: You like to get zapped? Kinky!! HC wrote: Well all I can say is that you are living dangerously if you don't tell your 'missus'!! She'll have your g*ts for garters!! ROFLMHO!! Good luck with the target though......mmm, maybe I should hire you to call to my backyard!! LOL Bronwyn ;-) Jonno wrote: Anyway, that reminds me we have white cat roaming around our place at the moment. Its going to get zapped. Know just the bloke to do it..... Now people, I wont electrocute any innocents. Only the missus roams around the back yard and "the TARGET" so we should be fairly safe "if" I tell her.... I "may" forget to.....Depends on whats for tea tonight. "Danger mad scientist at work" sign on door. "Keep out" Damn Pizza again. OOOHH I'm tempted... Jonno wrote: We must have gone to the same American convention at Guantanamo Bay. HC wrote: Actually that's what I've heard before too......meant to add that in my previous post. ROFLMHO!!! Bronwyn ;-) Jonno wrote: Re flames coming out of the cats ears, thats not right. I have it on good authority flames come out of its ar*e due to spontaneous evacuation. HC wrote: This is too much!! now I'm laughing hysterically and wishing I had a transister radio!! ROFLMHO!! I've heard stories about ignition coils in the past and have seen first hand the reaction of goats to an electric fence. Don't want to lose my goldfish once I put them in the fishpond....won't make me very happy at all!! ;-)) Jonno wrote: Having a small pond and a small fish population, eg 5 goldfish we noticed them disappearing at nights. Suspecting foul play, we rigged up an electronic low voltage transformer, with a ignition coil and wired it around the pond. Testing it personally it seemed that it worked. It didnt seem to kill humans, but gave them a shock. (Some unkind people would say I tested it on an animal doing this) At around two oclock, a dog completed the circuit. The loud yelping as it ran for cover woke the whole court and was the talk for days. The neighborhood kids didnt come round for some time either. As the current was measured in microamps it was safe enough. So be sure to know what youre doing before setting things up for possums. Theyre not likely to be standing in a pool of water like this dumb dog was. The voltage on an old valve radio can be from 200 volts to over 380 volts from memory so isnt the safest, as current would also be excessive. Do not use it. Its current is measured to some 200 Milliamps. If youre not sure, use a transistor radio (grin) SG1 wrote: "Geoff & Heather" wrote in message u... My Dad used to tell a great story about when he was plagued with cats. he was an amateur radio enthusiast and in those days radios were built with Vacuum tubes and valves which ran off incredibly high voltage and reasonable amperage, so the trick was a sheet of wire mesh with a bowl of milk in the middle - one wire from the power supply on the wire one in the milk. Cat completes the circuit , shoots six feet in the air, hair standing on end and blue flames coming out its ears - comes down stiff as a board. Claims he got 6 in one night, but by the time the 4th one approached, his mate was hysterical with laughter and missed the last 3. Gee and I have an old Kreisler valve job sitting in the laundry (still works radio that is) only 35 years old. Damn feral got into my blood & bone the other night but have not been able to get any mince I would eat so it lives a bit longer. |
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Ok OK Settle down. It must be me whos got a mental picture....The evil
side is showing. Some days I look a bit like this but others...... http://home.freeuk.com/markaldridge/...quirkmorph.mpg HC wrote: Yikes!!!......not ME, the #$%^&* cat!! ROFLMHO!! Jonno wrote: You like to get zapped? Kinky!! HC wrote: Well all I can say is that you are living dangerously if you don't tell your 'missus'!! She'll have your g*ts for garters!! ROFLMHO!! Good luck with the target though......mmm, maybe I should hire you to call to my backyard!! LOL Bronwyn ;-) Jonno wrote: Anyway, that reminds me we have white cat roaming around our place at the moment. Its going to get zapped. Know just the bloke to do it..... Now people, I wont electrocute any innocents. Only the missus roams around the back yard and "the TARGET" so we should be fairly safe "if" I tell her.... I "may" forget to.....Depends on whats for tea tonight. "Danger mad scientist at work" sign on door. "Keep out" Damn Pizza again. OOOHH I'm tempted... Jonno wrote: We must have gone to the same American convention at Guantanamo Bay. HC wrote: Actually that's what I've heard before too......meant to add that in my previous post. ROFLMHO!!! Bronwyn ;-) Jonno wrote: Re flames coming out of the cats ears, thats not right. I have it on good authority flames come out of its ar*e due to spontaneous evacuation. HC wrote: This is too much!! now I'm laughing hysterically and wishing I had a transister radio!! ROFLMHO!! I've heard stories about ignition coils in the past and have seen first hand the reaction of goats to an electric fence. Don't want to lose my goldfish once I put them in the fishpond....won't make me very happy at all!! ;-)) Jonno wrote: Having a small pond and a small fish population, eg 5 goldfish we noticed them disappearing at nights. Suspecting foul play, we rigged up an electronic low voltage transformer, with a ignition coil and wired it around the pond. Testing it personally it seemed that it worked. It didnt seem to kill humans, but gave them a shock. (Some unkind people would say I tested it on an animal doing this) At around two oclock, a dog completed the circuit. The loud yelping as it ran for cover woke the whole court and was the talk for days. The neighborhood kids didnt come round for some time either. As the current was measured in microamps it was safe enough. So be sure to know what youre doing before setting things up for possums. Theyre not likely to be standing in a pool of water like this dumb dog was. The voltage on an old valve radio can be from 200 volts to over 380 volts from memory so isnt the safest, as current would also be excessive. Do not use it. Its current is measured to some 200 Milliamps. If youre not sure, use a transistor radio (grin) SG1 wrote: "Geoff & Heather" wrote in message u... My Dad used to tell a great story about when he was plagued with cats. he was an amateur radio enthusiast and in those days radios were built with Vacuum tubes and valves which ran off incredibly high voltage and reasonable amperage, so the trick was a sheet of wire mesh with a bowl of milk in the middle - one wire from the power supply on the wire one in the milk. Cat completes the circuit , shoots six feet in the air, hair standing on end and blue flames coming out its ears - comes down stiff as a board. Claims he got 6 in one night, but by the time the 4th one approached, his mate was hysterical with laughter and missed the last 3. Gee and I have an old Kreisler valve job sitting in the laundry (still works radio that is) only 35 years old. Damn feral got into my blood & bone the other night but have not been able to get any mince I would eat so it lives a bit longer. |
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Look its happened b4.
Im absentminded. Mostly I zap myself. I once built a rat trap and caught a local MP making house calls. I had to redesign that one. He got elected. Jonno wrote: Ok OK Settle down. It must be me whos got a mental picture....The evil side is showing. Some days I look a bit like this but others...... http://home.freeuk.com/markaldridge/...quirkmorph.mpg HC wrote: Yikes!!!......not ME, the #$%^&* cat!! ROFLMHO!! Jonno wrote: You like to get zapped? Kinky!! HC wrote: Well all I can say is that you are living dangerously if you don't tell your 'missus'!! She'll have your g*ts for garters!! ROFLMHO!! Good luck with the target though......mmm, maybe I should hire you to call to my backyard!! LOL Bronwyn ;-) Jonno wrote: Anyway, that reminds me we have white cat roaming around our place at the moment. Its going to get zapped. Know just the bloke to do it..... Now people, I wont electrocute any innocents. Only the missus roams around the back yard and "the TARGET" so we should be fairly safe "if" I tell her.... I "may" forget to.....Depends on whats for tea tonight. "Danger mad scientist at work" sign on door. "Keep out" Damn Pizza again. OOOHH I'm tempted... Jonno wrote: We must have gone to the same American convention at Guantanamo Bay. HC wrote: Actually that's what I've heard before too......meant to add that in my previous post. ROFLMHO!!! Bronwyn ;-) Jonno wrote: Re flames coming out of the cats ears, thats not right. I have it on good authority flames come out of its ar*e due to spontaneous evacuation. HC wrote: This is too much!! now I'm laughing hysterically and wishing I had a transister radio!! ROFLMHO!! I've heard stories about ignition coils in the past and have seen first hand the reaction of goats to an electric fence. Don't want to lose my goldfish once I put them in the fishpond....won't make me very happy at all!! ;-)) Jonno wrote: Having a small pond and a small fish population, eg 5 goldfish we noticed them disappearing at nights. Suspecting foul play, we rigged up an electronic low voltage transformer, with a ignition coil and wired it around the pond. Testing it personally it seemed that it worked. It didnt seem to kill humans, but gave them a shock. (Some unkind people would say I tested it on an animal doing this) At around two oclock, a dog completed the circuit. The loud yelping as it ran for cover woke the whole court and was the talk for days. The neighborhood kids didnt come round for some time either. As the current was measured in microamps it was safe enough. So be sure to know what youre doing before setting things up for possums. Theyre not likely to be standing in a pool of water like this dumb dog was. The voltage on an old valve radio can be from 200 volts to over 380 volts from memory so isnt the safest, as current would also be excessive. Do not use it. Its current is measured to some 200 Milliamps. If youre not sure, use a transistor radio (grin) SG1 wrote: "Geoff & Heather" wrote in message u... My Dad used to tell a great story about when he was plagued with cats. he was an amateur radio enthusiast and in those days radios were built with Vacuum tubes and valves which ran off incredibly high voltage and reasonable amperage, so the trick was a sheet of wire mesh with a bowl of milk in the middle - one wire from the power supply on the wire one in the milk. Cat completes the circuit , shoots six feet in the air, hair standing on end and blue flames coming out its ears - comes down stiff as a board. Claims he got 6 in one night, but by the time the 4th one approached, his mate was hysterical with laughter and missed the last 3. Gee and I have an old Kreisler valve job sitting in the laundry (still works radio that is) only 35 years old. Damn feral got into my blood & bone the other night but have not been able to get any mince I would eat so it lives a bit longer. |
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In a civilized humane society there are rules (animal welfare laws) about
the way we go about getting rid of pest animals. Most city and shire councils are able to provide humane traps that can be used to catch nuisance animals (usually cats), and the animals are then able to be euthanised humanely. I suggest you take this option if you are having problems, rather than encouraging each other in inhumane, cruel (and possibly illegal) practices. ~Roberta~ "Jonno" . wrote in message u... Re flames coming out of the cats ears, thats not right. I have it on good authority flames come out of its ar*e due to spontaneous evacuation. HC wrote: This is too much!! now I'm laughing hysterically and wishing I had a transister radio!! ROFLMHO!! I've heard stories about ignition coils in the past and have seen first hand the reaction of goats to an electric fence. Don't want to lose my goldfish once I put them in the fishpond....won't make me very happy at all!! ;-)) Jonno wrote: Having a small pond and a small fish population, eg 5 goldfish we noticed them disappearing at nights. Suspecting foul play, we rigged up an electronic low voltage transformer, with a ignition coil and wired it around the pond. Testing it personally it seemed that it worked. It didnt seem to kill humans, but gave them a shock. (Some unkind people would say I tested it on an animal doing this) At around two oclock, a dog completed the circuit. The loud yelping as it ran for cover woke the whole court and was the talk for days. The neighborhood kids didnt come round for some time either. As the current was measured in microamps it was safe enough. So be sure to know what youre doing before setting things up for possums. Theyre not likely to be standing in a pool of water like this dumb dog was. The voltage on an old valve radio can be from 200 volts to over 380 volts from memory so isnt the safest, as current would also be excessive. Do not use it. Its current is measured to some 200 Milliamps. If youre not sure, use a transistor radio (grin) SG1 wrote: "Geoff & Heather" wrote in message u... My Dad used to tell a great story about when he was plagued with cats. he was an amateur radio enthusiast and in those days radios were built with Vacuum tubes and valves which ran off incredibly high voltage and reasonable amperage, so the trick was a sheet of wire mesh with a bowl of milk in the middle - one wire from the power supply on the wire one in the milk. Cat completes the circuit , shoots six feet in the air, hair standing on end and blue flames coming out its ears - comes down stiff as a board. Claims he got 6 in one night, but by the time the 4th one approached, his mate was hysterical with laughter and missed the last 3. Gee and I have an old Kreisler valve job sitting in the laundry (still works radio that is) only 35 years old. Damn feral got into my blood & bone the other night but have not been able to get any mince I would eat so it lives a bit longer. |
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Sorry but I think you missed the point....this is all in jest! ;-)
While I can't comment about councils in other areas I do know that my local council does not provide the traps you've mentioned, nor does the RSPCA as I enquired some years ago when a nuisance cat invaded my home and garden and took to sleeping 'in' my car which was parked 'inside' the garage and only accessible through the laundry. They will also not euthanise a healthy animal. If animal owners (particularly cat owners) kept their animals in their homes and their yards then the rest of us wouldn't have a problem. For the record, I've discouraged the latest cat by chasing it everytime it steps foot into my yard. I also sprayed human urine (mine) along the fence.......boy, was that an effort!!! LOL I happen to like the native birds and reptiles that frequent my yard and am protecting them from the cats which are uninvited and allowed to roam the neighbourhood due to their uncaring and lazy owners. Bronwyn ;-) Roberta Bagshaw wrote: In a civilized humane society there are rules (animal welfare laws) about the way we go about getting rid of pest animals. Most city and shire councils are able to provide humane traps that can be used to catch nuisance animals (usually cats), and the animals are then able to be euthanised humanely. I suggest you take this option if you are having problems, rather than encouraging each other in inhumane, cruel (and possibly illegal) practices. ~Roberta~ "Jonno" . wrote in message u... Re flames coming out of the cats ears, thats not right. I have it on good authority flames come out of its ar*e due to spontaneous evacuation. HC wrote: This is too much!! now I'm laughing hysterically and wishing I had a transister radio!! ROFLMHO!! I've heard stories about ignition coils in the past and have seen first hand the reaction of goats to an electric fence. Don't want to lose my goldfish once I put them in the fishpond....won't make me very happy at all!! ;-)) Jonno wrote: Having a small pond and a small fish population, eg 5 goldfish we noticed them disappearing at nights. Suspecting foul play, we rigged up an electronic low voltage transformer, with a ignition coil and wired it around the pond. Testing it personally it seemed that it worked. It didnt seem to kill humans, but gave them a shock. (Some unkind people would say I tested it on an animal doing this) At around two oclock, a dog completed the circuit. The loud yelping as it ran for cover woke the whole court and was the talk for days. The neighborhood kids didnt come round for some time either. As the current was measured in microamps it was safe enough. So be sure to know what youre doing before setting things up for possums. Theyre not likely to be standing in a pool of water like this dumb dog was. The voltage on an old valve radio can be from 200 volts to over 380 volts from memory so isnt the safest, as current would also be excessive. Do not use it. Its current is measured to some 200 Milliamps. If youre not sure, use a transistor radio (grin) SG1 wrote: "Geoff & Heather" wrote in message . com.au... My Dad used to tell a great story about when he was plagued with cats. he was an amateur radio enthusiast and in those days radios were built with Vacuum tubes and valves which ran off incredibly high voltage and reasonable amperage, so the trick was a sheet of wire mesh with a bowl of milk in the middle - one wire from the power supply on the wire one in the milk. Cat completes the circuit , shoots six feet in the air, hair standing on end and blue flames coming out its ears - comes down stiff as a board. Claims he got 6 in one night, but by the time the 4th one approached, his mate was hysterical with laughter and missed the last 3. Gee and I have an old Kreisler valve job sitting in the laundry (still works radio that is) only 35 years old. Damn feral got into my blood & bone the other night but have not been able to get any mince I would eat so it lives a bit longer. |
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No I wasnt jesting.
I was serious. Rather than killing the poor things, just scare them of so they wont come back there. They usually vacate the area, till they forget. Cats and dogs are not stupid. If they get a surprise they learn very quickly. They hate surprises if they cant work out what happened they stay clear.If you know what youre doing, no problems. (PS Using 240 volt mains power may also kill some favourite child. as well as the ones you dont like (grin!)so you have to be safe...) Why get the council involved. Lets face it electric fences are seen as humane. Mind you under certain circumstances its possible to get a nasty shock to vital parts. Im careful where I stop these days for a "rest" whne travelling. HC wrote: Sorry but I think you missed the point....this is all in jest! ;-) While I can't comment about councils in other areas I do know that my local council does not provide the traps you've mentioned, nor does the RSPCA as I enquired some years ago when a nuisance cat invaded my home and garden and took to sleeping 'in' my car which was parked 'inside' the garage and only accessible through the laundry. They will also not euthanise a healthy animal. I think you may be wrong here. Any cat not given a home is dispatched after a time. I would love to higve a cat a home, but as they are natural bird killers, I live opposite a park with native birds in it and my landlord doesnt allow them its probably just as well. If animal owners (particularly cat owners) kept their animals in their homes and their yards then the rest of us wouldn't have a problem. For the record, I've discouraged the latest cat by chasing it everytime it steps foot into my yard. I also sprayed human urine (mine) along the fence.......boy, was that an effort!!! LOL What an awfully mean thing to do. I said you were kinky. I was right.... I happen to like the native birds and reptiles that frequent my yard and am protecting them from the cats which are uninvited and allowed to roam the neighbourhood due to their uncaring and lazy owners. Bronwyn ;-) Roberta Bagshaw wrote: In a civilized humane society there are rules (animal welfare laws) about the way we go about getting rid of pest animals. Most city and shire councils are able to provide humane traps that can be used to catch nuisance animals (usually cats), and the animals are then able to be euthanised humanely. I suggest you take this option if you are having problems, rather than encouraging each other in inhumane, cruel (and possibly illegal) practices. ~Roberta~ "Jonno" . wrote in message u... Re flames coming out of the cats ears, thats not right. I have it on good authority flames come out of its ar*e due to spontaneous evacuation. HC wrote: This is too much!! now I'm laughing hysterically and wishing I had a transister radio!! ROFLMHO!! I've heard stories about ignition coils in the past and have seen first hand the reaction of goats to an electric fence. Don't want to lose my goldfish once I put them in the fishpond....won't make me very happy at all!! ;-)) Jonno wrote: Having a small pond and a small fish population, eg 5 goldfish we noticed them disappearing at nights. Suspecting foul play, we rigged up an electronic low voltage transformer, with a ignition coil and wired it around the pond. Testing it personally it seemed that it worked. It didnt seem to kill humans, but gave them a shock. (Some unkind people would say I tested it on an animal doing this) At around two oclock, a dog completed the circuit. The loud yelping as it ran for cover woke the whole court and was the talk for days. The neighborhood kids didnt come round for some time either. As the current was measured in microamps it was safe enough. So be sure to know what youre doing before setting things up for possums. Theyre not likely to be standing in a pool of water like this dumb dog was. The voltage on an old valve radio can be from 200 volts to over 380 volts from memory so isnt the safest, as current would also be excessive. Do not use it. Its current is measured to some 200 Milliamps. If youre not sure, use a transistor radio (grin) SG1 wrote: "Geoff & Heather" wrote in message u... My Dad used to tell a great story about when he was plagued with cats. he was an amateur radio enthusiast and in those days radios were built with Vacuum tubes and valves which ran off incredibly high voltage and reasonable amperage, so the trick was a sheet of wire mesh with a bowl of milk in the middle - one wire from the power supply on the wire one in the milk. Cat completes the circuit , shoots six feet in the air, hair standing on end and blue flames coming out its ears - comes down stiff as a board. Claims he got 6 in one night, but by the time the 4th one approached, his mate was hysterical with laughter and missed the last 3. Gee and I have an old Kreisler valve job sitting in the laundry (still works radio that is) only 35 years old. Damn feral got into my blood & bone the other night but have not been able to get any mince I would eat so it lives a bit longer. |
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len garden writes:
human urine works and its real easy to get. Maybe boost your reach by filling a waterpistol ??? :-) With one of those SuperSquirters you could cover the whole backyard! -- John Savage (my news address is not valid for email) |
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I have a SuperSquirter but keep it for water. Urine goes in the 9 litre
hand sprayer, pump it up and wind the nozzle to a fine jet, goes much further!! LOL Couldn't picture myself in night attire alongside the fence!! Might shock someone!! ROFLMHO!! ;-) John Savage wrote: len garden writes: human urine works and its real easy to get. Maybe boost your reach by filling a waterpistol ??? :-) With one of those SuperSquirters you could cover the whole backyard! |
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HC wrote:
I have a SuperSquirter but keep it for water. Urine goes in the 9 litre hand sprayer, pump it up and wind the nozzle to a fine jet, goes much further!! LOL Couldn't picture myself in night attire alongside the fence!! Might shock someone!! ROFLMHO!! Yourself? Specially near the electric fence. ;-) John Savage wrote: len garden writes: human urine works and its real easy to get. Maybe boost your reach by filling a waterpistol ??? :-) With one of those SuperSquirters you could cover the whole backyard! |
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Zap!!...zap!!........ouch!! Now is that 'before' I get put in the
humane trip to go to council for euthanising...or after?? Gee, I hope they are humane!! Jonno wrote: HC wrote: I have a SuperSquirter but keep it for water. Urine goes in the 9 litre hand sprayer, pump it up and wind the nozzle to a fine jet, goes much further!! LOL Couldn't picture myself in night attire alongside the fence!! Might shock someone!! ROFLMHO!! Yourself? Specially near the electric fence. ;-) John Savage wrote: len garden writes: human urine works and its real easy to get. Maybe boost your reach by filling a waterpistol ??? :-) With one of those SuperSquirters you could cover the whole backyard! |
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In most enlightened communities it has become recognised that cat (and dog)
problems are a community concern. In that regard, if your council is not providing the necessary wherewithal to control nuisance animals it is up to your community to ask your local council to take some action e.g. putting in place good cat control & dog control laws such as, for a start, making it compulsory to keep cats indoors between dusk and dawn and dogs confined to an enclosed backyard or similar - unless they are on a leash in a public place where permitted. Once the community understands and begins to accept that these animal control laws are necessary, then gradually steps can be taken to enforce the laws more stringently and also to provide more resources to help the community cope with such problems. Not many rate payers are willing to commit dollars towards implementing laws which they personally may not regard as necessary, so one of the steps to get these kinds of laws accepted is by educating the community about the necessity for sterilising their pets, controlling their wandering etc. etc. so that they do not become a nuisance, and a danger. Many councils now provide a pet sterilization subsidy, to encourage indiscriminate breeding of pets (and this at the same time also helps to prevent many cases of animal neglect and cruelty when unwanted puppies or kittens are unable to be placed in good homes, and as a consequence are dumped like so much garbage, causing much nuisance and/or danger to the community and to the natural environment). A spray bottle filled with a water/vinegar mix is often used by dog training clubs to discourage undesirable behaviour in dogs and a water pistol is a good deterrent/training method for cats, but unfortunately it is not always possible to be there "on the spot" to administer the deterrent particularly if they are sneaking into your garden beds at night. I do remember seeing something somewhere (and I wish I knew where), that had a water spray which was turned on by a movement sensor, which looked like a good idea - although probably too costly for most practical applications in a home garden. In the meantime, get talking to your local councillors. Let them know that it's time they came into the 21st Century and that they start implementing some up-to-date animal welfare/control laws! ~Roberta~ "HC" wrote in message ... Sorry but I think you missed the point....this is all in jest! ;-) While I can't comment about councils in other areas I do know that my local council does not provide the traps you've mentioned, nor does the RSPCA as I enquired some years ago when a nuisance cat invaded my home and garden and took to sleeping 'in' my car which was parked 'inside' the garage and only accessible through the laundry. They will also not euthanise a healthy animal. If animal owners (particularly cat owners) kept their animals in their homes and their yards then the rest of us wouldn't have a problem. For the record, I've discouraged the latest cat by chasing it everytime it steps foot into my yard. I also sprayed human urine (mine) along the fence.......boy, was that an effort!!! LOL I happen to like the native birds and reptiles that frequent my yard and am protecting them from the cats which are uninvited and allowed to roam the neighbourhood due to their uncaring and lazy owners. Bronwyn ;-) Roberta Bagshaw wrote: In a civilized humane society there are rules (animal welfare laws) about the way we go about getting rid of pest animals. Most city and shire councils are able to provide humane traps that can be used to catch nuisance animals (usually cats), and the animals are then able to be euthanised humanely. I suggest you take this option if you are having problems, rather than encouraging each other in inhumane, cruel (and possibly illegal) practices. ~Roberta~ "Jonno" . wrote in message u... Re flames coming out of the cats ears, thats not right. I have it on good authority flames come out of its ar*e due to spontaneous evacuation. HC wrote: This is too much!! now I'm laughing hysterically and wishing I had a transister radio!! ROFLMHO!! I've heard stories about ignition coils in the past and have seen first hand the reaction of goats to an electric fence. Don't want to lose my goldfish once I put them in the fishpond....won't make me very happy at all!! ;-)) Jonno wrote: Having a small pond and a small fish population, eg 5 goldfish we noticed them disappearing at nights. Suspecting foul play, we rigged up an electronic low voltage transformer, with a ignition coil and wired it around the pond. Testing it personally it seemed that it worked. It didnt seem to kill humans, but gave them a shock. (Some unkind people would say I tested it on an animal doing this) At around two oclock, a dog completed the circuit. The loud yelping as it ran for cover woke the whole court and was the talk for days. The neighborhood kids didnt come round for some time either. As the current was measured in microamps it was safe enough. So be sure to know what youre doing before setting things up for possums. Theyre not likely to be standing in a pool of water like this dumb dog was. The voltage on an old valve radio can be from 200 volts to over 380 volts from memory so isnt the safest, as current would also be excessive. Do not use it. Its current is measured to some 200 Milliamps. If youre not sure, use a transistor radio (grin) SG1 wrote: "Geoff & Heather" wrote in message .com.au... My Dad used to tell a great story about when he was plagued with cats. he was an amateur radio enthusiast and in those days radios were built with Vacuum tubes and valves which ran off incredibly high voltage and reasonable amperage, so the trick was a sheet of wire mesh with a bowl of milk in the middle - one wire from the power supply on the wire one in the milk. Cat completes the circuit , shoots six feet in the air, hair standing on end and blue flames coming out its ears - comes down stiff as a board. Claims he got 6 in one night, but by the time the 4th one approached, his mate was hysterical with laughter and missed the last 3. Gee and I have an old Kreisler valve job sitting in the laundry (still works radio that is) only 35 years old. Damn feral got into my blood & bone the other night but have not been able to get any mince I would eat so it lives a bit longer. |
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On Jun 19, 12:08 pm, "Roberta Bagshaw"
wrote: In a civilized humane society there are rules (animal welfare laws) about the way we go about getting rid of pest animals. Most city and shire councils are able to provide humane traps that can be used to catch nuisance animals (usually cats), and the animals are then able to be euthanised humanely. I suggest you take this option if you are having problems, rather than encouraging each other in inhumane, cruel (and possibly illegal) practices. ~Roberta~ snip My council only provides cages for a week or so, and there is a 4 month wait last I checked. After a lengthy problem with multiple pests, my neighbour and I went halves and bought ourselves one, we've caught around 14 between us. We're fortunate that our council fines the owners if they want the cat back. At least that's some deterrent. If the cat isn't claimed in a week or so, I believe it is put down. It's interesting how cat owners don't seem to want their pets back. Out of the 14, only about 3 have had collars, and only 1 has ever been seen again after it went to the council. Quite a few councils still simply return the cat to it's selfish owners, no penalties. Make sure your council isn't one of them, cats are really hard to catch twice... |
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Get real. All that amount of dollars, and all I do is zap nicely.
Mind you, I can see the money you could make for an organisation who catches cats in the nicest possible way. Then kills them in the nicest possible way. For the nicest amount of money involving vets, volunteers and expensive cars and buildings. And heres me, zapping them when they become a nuisance on my property. Its called looking after my own patch. Youre a Dogooder? No its city folks who let things get out of control who create problems. Then you need the above. Let see, how many cats ahve I zapped of late? None. If they become a nuisance?I will if I have to. I too have called the council. Due to bad council policies, they have bred and been collected. I once had to remove 6 kittens. It was really sad to see the mother cat worried and anxious when they took them away. They took her too. Spay them, dont let them wander and make sure theyre tagged. Fine the cats owner "if they offend" 3 times. Thats usually enough to stop them and make them take responsibility. I am not civilised? I use common sense. And try not to call people names like "uncivilised". I love animals and even some humans. Sir John ******* Jonno to his friends. Roberta Bagshaw wrote: In most enlightened communities it has become recognised that cat (and dog) problems are a community concern. In that regard, if your council is not providing the necessary wherewithal to control nuisance animals it is up to your community to ask your local council to take some action e.g. putting in place good cat control & dog control laws such as, for a start, making it compulsory to keep cats indoors between dusk and dawn and dogs confined to an enclosed backyard or similar - unless they are on a leash in a public place where permitted. Once the community understands and begins to accept that these animal control laws are necessary, then gradually steps can be taken to enforce the laws more stringently and also to provide more resources to help the community cope with such problems. Not many rate payers are willing to commit dollars towards implementing laws which they personally may not regard as necessary, so one of the steps to get these kinds of laws accepted is by educating the community about the necessity for sterilising their pets, controlling their wandering etc. etc. so that they do not become a nuisance, and a danger. Many councils now provide a pet sterilization subsidy, to encourage indiscriminate breeding of pets (and this at the same time also helps to prevent many cases of animal neglect and cruelty when unwanted puppies or kittens are unable to be placed in good homes, and as a consequence are dumped like so much garbage, causing much nuisance and/or danger to the community and to the natural environment). A spray bottle filled with a water/vinegar mix is often used by dog training clubs to discourage undesirable behaviour in dogs and a water pistol is a good deterrent/training method for cats, but unfortunately it is not always possible to be there "on the spot" to administer the deterrent particularly if they are sneaking into your garden beds at night. I do remember seeing something somewhere (and I wish I knew where), that had a water spray which was turned on by a movement sensor, which looked like a good idea - although probably too costly for most practical applications in a home garden. In the meantime, get talking to your local councillors. Let them know that it's time they came into the 21st Century and that they start implementing some up-to-date animal welfare/control laws! ~Roberta~ "HC" wrote in message ... Sorry but I think you missed the point....this is all in jest! ;-) While I can't comment about councils in other areas I do know that my local council does not provide the traps you've mentioned, nor does the RSPCA as I enquired some years ago when a nuisance cat invaded my home and garden and took to sleeping 'in' my car which was parked 'inside' the garage and only accessible through the laundry. They will also not euthanise a healthy animal. If animal owners (particularly cat owners) kept their animals in their homes and their yards then the rest of us wouldn't have a problem. For the record, I've discouraged the latest cat by chasing it everytime it steps foot into my yard. I also sprayed human urine (mine) along the fence.......boy, was that an effort!!! LOL I happen to like the native birds and reptiles that frequent my yard and am protecting them from the cats which are uninvited and allowed to roam the neighbourhood due to their uncaring and lazy owners. Bronwyn ;-) Roberta Bagshaw wrote: In a civilized humane society there are rules (animal welfare laws) about the way we go about getting rid of pest animals. Most city and shire councils are able to provide humane traps that can be used to catch nuisance animals (usually cats), and the animals are then able to be euthanised humanely. I suggest you take this option if you are having problems, rather than encouraging each other in inhumane, cruel (and possibly illegal) practices. ~Roberta~ "Jonno" . wrote in message u... Re flames coming out of the cats ears, thats not right. I have it on good authority flames come out of its ar*e due to spontaneous evacuation. HC wrote: This is too much!! now I'm laughing hysterically and wishing I had a transister radio!! ROFLMHO!! I've heard stories about ignition coils in the past and have seen first hand the reaction of goats to an electric fence. Don't want to lose my goldfish once I put them in the fishpond....won't make me very happy at all!! ;-)) Jonno wrote: Having a small pond and a small fish population, eg 5 goldfish we noticed them disappearing at nights. Suspecting foul play, we rigged up an electronic low voltage transformer, with a ignition coil and wired it around the pond. Testing it personally it seemed that it worked. It didnt seem to kill humans, but gave them a shock. (Some unkind people would say I tested it on an animal doing this) At around two oclock, a dog completed the circuit. The loud yelping as it ran for cover woke the whole court and was the talk for days. The neighborhood kids didnt come round for some time either. As the current was measured in microamps it was safe enough. So be sure to know what youre doing before setting things up for possums. Theyre not likely to be standing in a pool of water like this dumb dog was. The voltage on an old valve radio can be from 200 volts to over 380 volts from memory so isnt the safest, as current would also be excessive. Do not use it. Its current is measured to some 200 Milliamps. If youre not sure, use a transistor radio (grin) SG1 wrote: "Geoff & Heather" wrote in message u... My Dad used to tell a great story about when he was plagued with cats. he was an amateur radio enthusiast and in those days radios were built with Vacuum tubes and valves which ran off incredibly high voltage and reasonable amperage, so the trick was a sheet of wire mesh with a bowl of milk in the middle - one wire from the power supply on the wire one in the milk. Cat completes the circuit , shoots six feet in the air, hair standing on end and blue flames coming out its ears - comes down stiff as a board. Claims he got 6 in one night, but by the time the 4th one approached, his mate was hysterical with laughter and missed the last 3. Gee and I have an old Kreisler valve job sitting in the laundry (still works radio that is) only 35 years old. Damn feral got into my blood & bone the other night but have not been able to get any mince I would eat so it lives a bit longer. |
cat remedy
Jonno - nowhere in my post did I call you "uncivilised"! I quote "In a
civilized humane society there are rules (animal welfare laws) about the way we go about getting rid of pest animals". The main point of my post is that we, as a community, should be encouraging our councils to form some realistic laws, so that pet animals are not a pest to those people living in the community and to the environment in general. I too love animals, (and most humans). Jonno, I did not intend to offend you by my post, but merely to point out some ways that this ongoing problem of nuisance animals could be dealt with more effectively and humanely. ~Roberta~ "Jonno" . wrote in message ... Get real. All that amount of dollars, and all I do is zap nicely. Mind you, I can see the money you could make for an organisation who catches cats in the nicest possible way. Then kills them in the nicest possible way. For the nicest amount of money involving vets, volunteers and expensive cars and buildings. And heres me, zapping them when they become a nuisance on my property. Its called looking after my own patch. Youre a Dogooder? No its city folks who let things get out of control who create problems. Then you need the above. Let see, how many cats ahve I zapped of late? None. If they become a nuisance?I will if I have to. I too have called the council. Due to bad council policies, they have bred and been collected. I once had to remove 6 kittens. It was really sad to see the mother cat worried and anxious when they took them away. They took her too. Spay them, dont let them wander and make sure theyre tagged. Fine the cats owner "if they offend" 3 times. Thats usually enough to stop them and make them take responsibility. I am not civilised? I use common sense. And try not to call people names like "uncivilised". I love animals and even some humans. Sir John ******* Jonno to his friends. Roberta Bagshaw wrote: In most enlightened communities it has become recognised that cat (and dog) problems are a community concern. In that regard, if your council is not providing the necessary wherewithal to control nuisance animals it is up to your community to ask your local council to take some action e.g. putting in place good cat control & dog control laws such as, for a start, making it compulsory to keep cats indoors between dusk and dawn and dogs confined to an enclosed backyard or similar - unless they are on a leash in a public place where permitted. Once the community understands and begins to accept that these animal control laws are necessary, then gradually steps can be taken to enforce the laws more stringently and also to provide more resources to help the community cope with such problems. Not many rate payers are willing to commit dollars towards implementing laws which they personally may not regard as necessary, so one of the steps to get these kinds of laws accepted is by educating the community about the necessity for sterilising their pets, controlling their wandering etc. etc. so that they do not become a nuisance, and a danger. Many councils now provide a pet sterilization subsidy, to encourage indiscriminate breeding of pets (and this at the same time also helps to prevent many cases of animal neglect and cruelty when unwanted puppies or kittens are unable to be placed in good homes, and as a consequence are dumped like so much garbage, causing much nuisance and/or danger to the community and to the natural environment). A spray bottle filled with a water/vinegar mix is often used by dog training clubs to discourage undesirable behaviour in dogs and a water pistol is a good deterrent/training method for cats, but unfortunately it is not always possible to be there "on the spot" to administer the deterrent particularly if they are sneaking into your garden beds at night. I do remember seeing something somewhere (and I wish I knew where), that had a water spray which was turned on by a movement sensor, which looked like a good idea - although probably too costly for most practical applications in a home garden. In the meantime, get talking to your local councillors. Let them know that it's time they came into the 21st Century and that they start implementing some up-to-date animal welfare/control laws! ~Roberta~ "HC" wrote in message ... Sorry but I think you missed the point....this is all in jest! ;-) While I can't comment about councils in other areas I do know that my local council does not provide the traps you've mentioned, nor does the RSPCA as I enquired some years ago when a nuisance cat invaded my home and garden and took to sleeping 'in' my car which was parked 'inside' the garage and only accessible through the laundry. They will also not euthanise a healthy animal. If animal owners (particularly cat owners) kept their animals in their homes and their yards then the rest of us wouldn't have a problem. For the record, I've discouraged the latest cat by chasing it everytime it steps foot into my yard. I also sprayed human urine (mine) along the fence.......boy, was that an effort!!! LOL I happen to like the native birds and reptiles that frequent my yard and am protecting them from the cats which are uninvited and allowed to roam the neighbourhood due to their uncaring and lazy owners. Bronwyn ;-) Roberta Bagshaw wrote: In a civilized humane society there are rules (animal welfare laws) about the way we go about getting rid of pest animals. Most city and shire councils are able to provide humane traps that can be used to catch nuisance animals (usually cats), and the animals are then able to be euthanised humanely. I suggest you take this option if you are having problems, rather than encouraging each other in inhumane, cruel (and possibly illegal) practices. ~Roberta~ "Jonno" . wrote in message u... Re flames coming out of the cats ears, thats not right. I have it on good authority flames come out of its ar*e due to spontaneous evacuation. HC wrote: This is too much!! now I'm laughing hysterically and wishing I had a transister radio!! ROFLMHO!! I've heard stories about ignition coils in the past and have seen first hand the reaction of goats to an electric fence. Don't want to lose my goldfish once I put them in the fishpond....won't make me very happy at all!! ;-)) Jonno wrote: Having a small pond and a small fish population, eg 5 goldfish we noticed them disappearing at nights. Suspecting foul play, we rigged up an electronic low voltage transformer, with a ignition coil and wired it around the pond. Testing it personally it seemed that it worked. It didnt seem to kill humans, but gave them a shock. (Some unkind people would say I tested it on an animal doing this) At around two oclock, a dog completed the circuit. The loud yelping as it ran for cover woke the whole court and was the talk for days. The neighborhood kids didnt come round for some time either. As the current was measured in microamps it was safe enough. So be sure to know what youre doing before setting things up for possums. Theyre not likely to be standing in a pool of water like this dumb dog was. The voltage on an old valve radio can be from 200 volts to over 380 volts from memory so isnt the safest, as current would also be excessive. Do not use it. Its current is measured to some 200 Milliamps. If youre not sure, use a transistor radio (grin) SG1 wrote: "Geoff & Heather" wrote in message u... My Dad used to tell a great story about when he was plagued with cats. he was an amateur radio enthusiast and in those days radios were built with Vacuum tubes and valves which ran off incredibly high voltage and reasonable amperage, so the trick was a sheet of wire mesh with a bowl of milk in the middle - one wire from the power supply on the wire one in the milk. Cat completes the circuit , shoots six feet in the air, hair standing on end and blue flames coming out its ears - comes down stiff as a board. Claims he got 6 in one night, but by the time the 4th one approached, his mate was hysterical with laughter and missed the last 3. Gee and I have an old Kreisler valve job sitting in the laundry (still works radio that is) only 35 years old. Damn feral got into my blood & bone the other night but have not been able to get any mince I would eat so it lives a bit longer. |
cat remedy
Sorry to misunderstand you, but we are doing OK.
We are pretty enlightened here and dont need this advise. We were having some real imaginery fun. Cats frying in the air. Roberta Bagshaw wrote: Jonno - nowhere in my post did I call you "uncivilised"! I quote "In a civilized humane society there are rules (animal welfare laws) about the way we go about getting rid of pest animals". Its a pretty high surface youre mounted on it seems. The main point of my post is that we, as a community, should be encouraging our councils to form some realistic laws, so that pet animals are not a pest to those people living in the community and to the environment in general. We do this at a lower cost than most We know this.Certainly we have imported people from other countries who consume these pests as delicacies. I too love animals, You eat them too? (and most humans). Jonno, I did not intend to offend you by my post, but merely to point out some ways that this ongoing problem of nuisance animals could be dealt with more effectively and humanely. Thats good, but unneccesary advise.Were pretty effective as it goes. ~Roberta~ "Jonno" . wrote in message ... Get real. All that amount of dollars, and all I do is zap nicely. Mind you, I can see the money you could make for an organisation who catches cats in the nicest possible way. Then kills them in the nicest possible way. For the nicest amount of money involving vets, volunteers and expensive cars and buildings. And heres me, zapping them when they become a nuisance on my property. Its called looking after my own patch. Youre a Dogooder? No its city folks who let things get out of control who create problems. Then you need the above. Let see, how many cats ahve I zapped of late? None. If they become a nuisance?I will if I have to. I too have called the council. Due to bad council policies, they have bred and been collected. I once had to remove 6 kittens. It was really sad to see the mother cat worried and anxious when they took them away. They took her too. Spay them, dont let them wander and make sure theyre tagged. Fine the cats owner "if they offend" 3 times. Thats usually enough to stop them and make them take responsibility. I am not civilised? I use common sense. And try not to call people names like "uncivilised". I love animals and even some humans. Sir John ******* Jonno to his friends. Roberta Bagshaw wrote: In most enlightened communities it has become recognised that cat (and dog) problems are a community concern. In that regard, if your council is not providing the necessary wherewithal to control nuisance animals it is up to your community to ask your local council to take some action e.g. putting in place good cat control & dog control laws such as, for a start, making it compulsory to keep cats indoors between dusk and dawn and dogs confined to an enclosed backyard or similar - unless they are on a leash in a public place where permitted. Youre right they need to be told. Once the community understands and begins to accept that these animal control laws are necessary, then gradually steps can be taken to enforce the laws more stringently and also to provide more resources to help the community cope with such problems. Not many rate payers are willing to commit dollars towards implementing laws which they personally may not regard as necessary, so one of the steps to get these kinds of laws accepted is by educating the community about the necessity for sterilising their pets, controlling their wandering etc. etc. so that they do not become a nuisance, and a danger. Many councils now provide a pet sterilization subsidy, to encourage indiscriminate breeding of pets (and this at the same time also helps to prevent many cases of animal neglect and cruelty when unwanted puppies or kittens are unable to be placed in good homes, and as a consequence are dumped like so much garbage, causing much nuisance and/or danger to the community and to the natural environment). A spray bottle filled with a water/vinegar mix is often used by dog training clubs to discourage undesirable behaviour in dogs and a water pistol is a good deterrent/training method for cats, but unfortunately it is not always possible to be there "on the spot" to administer the deterrent particularly if they are sneaking into your garden beds at night. I do remember seeing something somewhere (and I wish I knew where), that had a water spray which was turned on by a movement sensor, which looked like a good idea - although probably too costly for most practical applications in a home garden. In the meantime, get talking to your local councillors. Let them know that it's time they came into the 21st Century and that they start implementing some up-to-date animal welfare/control laws! ~Roberta~ "HC" wrote in message ... Sorry but I think you missed the point....this is all in jest! ;-) While I can't comment about councils in other areas I do know that my local council does not provide the traps you've mentioned, nor does the RSPCA as I enquired some years ago when a nuisance cat invaded my home and garden and took to sleeping 'in' my car which was parked 'inside' the garage and only accessible through the laundry. They will also not euthanise a healthy animal. If animal owners (particularly cat owners) kept their animals in their homes and their yards then the rest of us wouldn't have a problem. For the record, I've discouraged the latest cat by chasing it everytime it steps foot into my yard. I also sprayed human urine (mine) along the fence.......boy, was that an effort!!! LOL I happen to like the native birds and reptiles that frequent my yard and am protecting them from the cats which are uninvited and allowed to roam the neighbourhood due to their uncaring and lazy owners. Bronwyn ;-) Roberta Bagshaw wrote: In a civilized humane society there are rules (animal welfare laws) about the way we go about getting rid of pest animals. Most city and shire councils are able to provide humane traps that can be used to catch nuisance animals (usually cats), and the animals are then able to be euthanised humanely. I suggest you take this option if you are having problems, rather than encouraging each other in inhumane, cruel (and possibly illegal) practices. ~Roberta~ "Jonno" . wrote in message u... Re flames coming out of the cats ears, thats not right. I have it on good authority flames come out of its ar*e due to spontaneous evacuation. HC wrote: This is too much!! now I'm laughing hysterically and wishing I had a transister radio!! ROFLMHO!! I've heard stories about ignition coils in the past and have seen first hand the reaction of goats to an electric fence. Don't want to lose my goldfish once I put them in the fishpond....won't make me very happy at all!! ;-)) Jonno wrote: Having a small pond and a small fish population, eg 5 goldfish we noticed them disappearing at nights. Suspecting foul play, we rigged up an electronic low voltage transformer, with a ignition coil and wired it around the pond. Testing it personally it seemed that it worked. It didnt seem to kill humans, but gave them a shock. (Some unkind people would say I tested it on an animal doing this) At around two oclock, a dog completed the circuit. The loud yelping as it ran for cover woke the whole court and was the talk for days. The neighborhood kids didnt come round for some time either. As the current was measured in microamps it was safe enough. So be sure to know what youre doing before setting things up for possums. Theyre not likely to be standing in a pool of water like this dumb dog was. The voltage on an old valve radio can be from 200 volts to over 380 volts from memory so isnt the safest, as current would also be excessive. Do not use it. Its current is measured to some 200 Milliamps. If youre not sure, use a transistor radio (grin) SG1 wrote: "Geoff & Heather" wrote in message u... My Dad used to tell a great story about when he was plagued with cats. he was an amateur radio enthusiast and in those days radios were built with Vacuum tubes and valves which ran off incredibly high voltage and reasonable amperage, so the trick was a sheet of wire mesh with a bowl of milk in the middle - one wire from the power supply on the wire one in the milk. Cat completes the circuit , shoots six feet in the air, hair standing on end and blue flames coming out its ears - comes down stiff as a board. Claims he got 6 in one night, but by the time the 4th one approached, his mate was hysterical with laughter and missed the last 3. Gee and I have an old Kreisler valve job sitting in the laundry (still works radio that is) only 35 years old. Damn feral got into my blood & bone the other night but have not been able to get any mince I would eat so it lives a bit longer. |
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